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The Bank of Russia’s announcement is the latest move by central banks to harness the advantages of distributed ledger technology to stave off the rapid ascendancy of competing but regulatory-light cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
USD 322 billion (2015)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
USD 1,442.4 billion (2017, estimate)
Intl$ 3,866.3 billion (2017, estimate)
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| 8.2% | 8.5% | 5.3% | -7.8% | 4.5% | 4.1% | 3.5% |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* | ||
| 1.3% | 0.7% | -3.7% | -0.8% | 1.1% |
*Estimate
USD 10,060.4 (2017, estimate)
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
| N/A | N/A | 3.15% | 3.47% | 3.1% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
1.2% (2014)
OECD, data retrieved January 2017
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 6.8% | 7.8% | 15.5% | 7.2% | 5.0% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 5.5% | 5.2% | 5.6% | 5.8% | 5.9% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* |
| 13.1% | 15.9% | 16.4% | 17.1% | 17.9% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015* | 2016* | 2016* |
| -1.2% | -1.1% | -3.5% | -3.9% | -1.5% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: BB+
Moody's: Ba1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated as of January 24th 2017)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 770.7 billion | USD 385.9 billion | USD 393.2 billion |
Gazprom, Rosneft, Sberbank, LukOil, Surgutneftegas, Transneft, VTB Bank, Norilsk Nickel, Novatek, Magnit, Tatneft, IDGC Holding, Novolipetsk Steel, Bashneft, Severstal, UC Rusal, Sistema, RusHydro, MegaFon, Inter Rao, Moscow Exchange, Nomos Bank, Alrosa, X5 Retail Group, Phosagro.
3.5% (2017 estimate)
29.5% (2015)
2.1% (2015)
1.1% (2015)
Petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, metals, wood and wood products, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures
Machinery, vehicles, pharmaceutical products, plastic, semi-finished metal products, meat, fruits and nuts, optical and medical instruments, iron, steel
Netherlands 11.9%, China 8.3%, Germany 7.4%, Italy 6.5%, Turkey 5.6%, Belarus 4.4%, Japan 4.2% (2015)
China 19.2%, Germany 11.2%, US 6.4%, Belarus 4.8%, Italy 4.6% (2015)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 53,397 million | USD 29,152 million | USD 9,825 million |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 70,685 million | USD 64,203 million | USD 26,558 million |
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 8302.1 million | USD 2313.8 million | USD 1411.2 million | USD 4337.9 million |
N/A
Sacturino Ltd, Polyus Gold International Ltd, United Kingdom, USD 5.4 billion
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 40 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 26 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 12 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 9 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 44 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 53 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 140 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 45 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 115 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 30 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 51 out of 190 countries
43 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 153 / Score: 50.55 (Mostly unfree) (2016)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Russian (official) 85.7%, Tatar 3.2%, Chechen 1%, other 10.1% (2010 est.)
Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
Note: estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule; Russia officially recognizes Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism as traditional religions
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
| 147.569 million | 146.401 million | 143.158 million | 143.44 million | 142.648 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
| 54% | 70% | 73% | 74% |
Total population: 99.7%
Male: 99.7%
Female: 99.6% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
0.1% (2012)
41.6 (2012)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 7
Civil Liberties: 6 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 25.02% Mobile 159.95% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)